Tom Conlon (has the backing tracks for sale, too!)
Surfer magazine, iconic touchstone of Southern California beach culture, shuts down
More than 14m tonnes of plastic believed to be at the bottom of the ocean
Mondragon Cooperative Part One
Dave Bunker Solo on the “Touch Guitar”
Indigenous Americans had contact with Polynesians 800 years ago, DNA reveals
Carol Kaye: the Boss of the Bass Guitar
The Human Error Darwin Inspired
American Bandstand – November 11, 1967 – Full Episode
I’m Living Through the Apocalyptic Vibes on the U.S. West Coast
Maker’s Marks: How a Mysterious Phone Call Led To the Discovery of Ray Butts’ Pickup-tester Guitar
Shark Patrol 1964 Music also used in The Endless Summer
How a lost surfboard floated from Hawaii to the Philippines
The plastic we use unthinkingly every day is killing our planet – and slowly but surely killing us
Wandrè – L’artista della chitarra elettrica
Short Series Co. Ft Dylan Cox__long Version
The Roots Of Ska: From Tennessee, Through Jamaica To The Best of British
Transforming Vintage Cars to Electric
Permalink Hank B. Marvin interview – July 23, 2019 (NAMM.org – Oral Histories series)
P.F. Sloan: Let’s Live for Today
Seafood fraud: why your Mediterranean swordfish might actually be shark
Keystone XL Pipeline Stays Blocked in U.S. Supreme Court Order
The Celestial Sounds of The Space Agency
David Stone Martin & Mary Lou Williams
The Tongan Castaways of Ata Island | Surviving with one of the six boys
Canada: DNA discovery lends weight to First Nations ancestral story
must we burn the single blade
California’s Indigenous History Is a Story of Genocide and Resistance
“Spooky Boy” – Mathieu Maréchal with Dusty Springfield. Vid by Thomas Lodin
Ernesto Lecuona’s Cuban classic Malaguena here in a wonderful solo rendition by Egypt’s Omar Khorshid.
Here’s a guitarist (I assume from Azerbaijan) who put some quarter tone frets on his trusty Jolana Tornado.
This guitarist put only one extra fret between the second and third regular ones, and is playing a melody more familiar to western ears.
What comes after more and more frets? That’s right – no frets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymTnXVKnvPY
Cory Doctorow “The Oligarchy’s Operating System”
Johnny Bartlett on the History of Wig Torture
“I work in the environmental movement. I don’t care if you recycle.”
Electro Motor Cycle Regent No.1
This map shows the most commonly spoken languages in every US state, excluding English and Spanish.
The Secret History of the Endless Summer, the Most Influential Surf Movie Ever
A Brief History of the Acoustic Guitar
Protect Our Ocean
Portable Wind Turbine charger that allows you to charge your devices in nature
‘Gas Is a Loser and It’s Time to Move On’: Report Debunks Myth That Natural Gas Can Help Fight Climate Crisis
Billy Childish Man In The Mouth of A Cave Exhibition Prints
UN chief concerned nuclear ‘coffin’ leaking in Pacific
Los Angeles, Sunset Strip, 1965-1969
Vintage Hawaii 8mm ’69 pt 3